I have finally arrived in Paris! I flew in yesterday morning and took a cab to meet Kara at her, Emily, and my temporary apartment in the 17th arrondissement. It is a one bedroom, small apartment but we will only be here until the end of the month and are looking for permanent residence now.
It is a funny process looking for apartments to rent here. Today, for example, we called about a few places and one woman spoke in such rapid french that neither Kara or I could understand and she couldn't hear us at all... eventually she just kept saying "occupe" (meaning "occupied") and finally hung up. We will have many more awkward phone conversations like this no doubt. Hopefully one of them will be successful!
In other awkward French moments... Kara and I were racing to make a metro before the doors closed and the car was PACKED. Somehow I managed to jump on and squeeze in (being jammed in the door in the process) and poor Kara didn't make it! After having lived here before for months, we have resorted back to being noobs. C'est n'est pas grave! We will be right back at home here in no time I'm sure.
Despite having a few American moments here, my French is much better than I remember! I have been able to keep up and communicate pretty well. Perhaps it was all that practice with Rosetta Stone this summer! I had a full conversation with my cab driver yesterday and felt very accomplished. On my way to fluency...
Wish us luck to find an apartment soon!
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wishing you luck apartment hunting!! xx
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